Pascha - May 5, 2024

On Sunday, May 5th, Father Aleksey celebrated a beautiful Liturgy for Pascha. Following Liturgy, he blessed eggs and parishioner Pascha baskets. The eggs were given to parishioners and guests during dismissal.

View of the iconostasis from the back of the church during the Paschal Midnight Office service. The church is lit only by candlelight, and is somewhat dark.

Father Aleksey is standing in the doorway of the church entrance, entering the church. He's facing the camera, and a house and large tree, across the street outside, are visible behind him. He's holding a silver censor in his right hand, and a gold candelabra made up of three candles and a cross. He's wearing white vestmensts and a red cap. Three men stand in front of him. There's a man on the right side holding an icon, and a teenager is on the left side, holding a large gold cross. The third man's ear and a bit of white hair can be seen just past the teen's neck; those are the only parts of the man that are visible.

View from the choir loft as Father Aleksey presents the holy gifts. There's an altar boy standing in front of him, holding a candle. There's a table with a white cloth behind the altar boy and then three men standing in a row holding three-pronged candles.

A line of communicants proceeds up the center aisle of the church towards the iconostas to receive communion from Father Aleksey.

Father Aleksey is holding a prayer book while standing at the corner where two tables with white table cloths meet. The longer of the two stretches out to his right and towards the bottom edge of the photo and runs perpendicular to the pews. The shorter table is in front of the pews and parellel to them. There are two women standing in different row of the pews near the tables, which are covered with Paschal baskets waiting to be blessed. The long table also has a basket of red Easter eggs that will be given to parishioners and guests at dismissal.

Father Aleksey standing in front of the Royal Doors blessing the congregation with a silver censor that he's holding in his right hand. His left hand holds a gold candelabra made up of three candles and a cross.

Father Aleksey presents the holy gifts. There's an altar boy standing in front of him, holding a candle. There's a table with a white cloth behind the altar boy and then three men standing in a row holding three-pronged candles. This photo is similar to one described earlier, but the photo was taken from behind the three men, rather than from the choir loft.

Three youths in the choir loft are pulling on thick ropes to ring the church bells, which are not visible. There's a male on the left and two females to his right.

Three youths in the choir loft are pulling on thick ropes to ring the church bells, which are not visible. This photo is similar to the previous photo except that the girl on the right is jumping up as the bell pulls her towards it.

Four youths in the choir loft; three are pulling on thick ropes to ring the church bells, which are not visible. The same three are still pulling on the ropes to ring the bells, but now there's a young boy in the foreground, and he's looking at the camera.

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